This gave rise to Project CETI (Cetacean Transition Initiative), a 50-plus person team of marine biologists, A.I. experts, ...

New research reveals vowel-like patterns inside sperm whale click messages, or codas, suggesting surprisingly rich ...

Ginkgo-toothed beaked whales have long remained a mystery, but a groundbreaking sighting may soon change that.

Lately, Fred Sharpe has been focusing on whale noises that can be heard at the surface. He says they're understudied compared ...

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Scientists have revealed that Hawaiian monk seals produce far more underwater vocalizations than previously believed. Their ...

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New research reveals sperm whale communication is more complex than thought. Instead of simple clicks, whales use vowel-like ...

Narwhals, one of the shyest and most sensitive whale species on Earth, keep slamming into it. At one site, it’s happening ...

Denise Herzing, a dolphin communication expert, told Science News that she objects to the word “vowel” out of concern that ...

For blind traveller Sassy Wyatt, her experience of a cruise around the Pacific Ocean centres around sounds and feelings ...